i have a mk 1 1800cc petrol mondeo


it drives absolutly fine


except every now and again and will keep stalling, does it when cold, when hot, its just completly random


then it will just clear itself and run perfect again

is there anything i should be checking, i have been over the car and its all as should be nothing lose or wires broke/disconected


not alot to go on i know but its me misses car and she is out at night in it, which i dont like


thanks


gus

 

anyone?

 

HOW OLD IS IT.

 

herd something simular happening on the 1.6 zetec the idle valve get stuck, its ment to be a really common problem.

someone posted up on here a few days ago with the same sort of problem theres was a link on how to fix it to.

 

its n'reg 1996


any ideas on how much a new iscv is for a zetec then?


anyone else had this

 

My mates car does this every 2 or 3 days. It's a 2.0 on a L plate. Just dips the clutch after a couple of seconds and it restarts.

 

check the wiring under the coil is not chaffing

 

also check/ clean the maf sensor, which is the alloy cylinder with the black plastic top in the inlet pipework,remove it then CAREFULLY clean the wire element with a cotton bud soaked in a carb cleaner
regards,
steve

 

thanks chaps


will check all the above in the morning

 

I had a similar problem on my '97 1.8 Mondeo. Taking the ISCV out and giving it a good clean up with carb cleaner helped for a few weeks then it started happening again. I sold the car before I replaced though.

You might want to check the plug gaps, if they are too big then it can cause the revs to drop too far when returning to idle before it picks up again. Also if it's on it's original leads chances are they are shagged by now.

HTH

Martyn